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| Manager held in Rs 80 lakh UBI scam, hunt on to nab his deputy | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 8: An ex-manager of Udhampur branch of Union Bank of India (UBI) was today apprehended by police for his alleged involvement in Rs 80 lakh scam. An Assistant Manager, who too was alleged to be part of the scam, was, however, absconding, according to police sources. The matter came to the notice of police after the present UBI Manager Sand eep Kumar Singh lodged a written complaint with police in this connection. In his complaint, he alleged that Jatinder Paul Chandel (now suspended), son of Satpal Chandel of J K Colony, Paloura, during his posting as UBI's Udhampur branch Manager from April 2, 2010, to January14, 2012, had hatched a conspiracy with Assistant Manager Anoop Bha sin, son of Chuni Lal Bhasin of Colonel Colony, Talab Tillo, and misappropriated public money to the tune of over 80 lakh by illegally transferring the money from some accounts and loan cases to different accounts to unduly benefit certain firms. During investigation, police found out from the UBI's statement of account with SBI that an amount of Rs 15 lakh was withdrawn on August 3, 2011, vide cheque No 917359 but it was not deposited with the bank's Udhampur branch. The cash was paid to cashier Ankush. The amount was initially entered in cashier's register but was later swindled. As per the counterfoil of the cheque book, the cheque was drawn by Anoop Bhasin. It also became known that on May 30, 2011, an amount of Rs 1.50 lakh was shown as deposited in the UBI's account with SBI but as per the SBI statement of account, it was not deposited. The payment was made vide debit voucher but no voucher was found in cash voucher of that day. Sources said on July 15, 2011, an amount of Rs 3.73 lakh was shown to have been deposited in the bank's account with SBI but as per the SBI statement of the account, it was not deposited. As per the bank's statement of account with the J&K Bank, an amount of Rs 5 lakh was withdrawn on July 26, 2011, from there vide cheque No 27259987 but it was not deposited with the branch. As per the counterfoil of the cheque book, the cheque was drawn by Anoop Bhasin. On May 12, 2012, an amount of Rs 5 lakh was debited fraudulently to 824-2000 and credited to CD account 101-50029 of M/s Raju Engineering Works. In the bank's another statement of account with the J&K Bank, an amount of Rs 9 lakh was withdrawn on October 5, 2011, from the bank's account with that bank vide cheque No 277360005 but it was not deposited with the branch. Sources said that police, after going through the records, came to know that the accused had siphoned off the bank's money through fictious entries to the debit of account No 626205 310001000 of SBI to the tune of Rs 9, 59 ,961. Sandeep Singh has also reported that some files pertaining to various accounts were also missing. While the manager, who was at present head of the UBI's Rishikesh branch had been arrested, the assistant manager was absconding and a hunt was on to nab him, the sources added. A case under sections 420, 167, 468 and 467 of RPC was registered against the accused at Udhampur police station. |
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